When I am looking for the latest news of general interest, my first choice is often the New York Times' Web site. While I have serious issues with the newspaper's coverage (or lack thereof) of certain subjects, one of the big things that keeps bringing me back to their site is the design.
It's clean, functional, and fast. Sometimes even beautiful. In my experience, most major news sites are "clunky." (Pages take a while to load due to advertisements and/or are jammed so full of content that it's visually challenging to read what I came to read.)
The Times ran a Q&A with the Design Director of its Web site, and it explains what they are doing right. I hope other news sites will read it and get the hint. You can read it here:
Talk to the Newsroom: Khoi Vinh, Design Director (April 21, 2008)
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